Republican Presidential candidates are trying to lower expectations for reporting their third quarter fundraising totals to the FEC in advance of the October 15 deadline. (Washington Post)

Super PACs supporting presidential candidates don’t appear to be struggling. A PAC backing Mitt Romney raised $20 million between January and June, and a new PAC supporting Rick Perry hopes to spend more than $50 million to elect the Texas Governor. (National Journal)

Campaign watchdogs have asked the IRS to investigate the tax-exempt status of 4 politically engaged groups connected to Super PACs. They claim that the groups use their status to avoid disclosing the identities of major political donors. (National Journal)

E-Gov

Experts, including the Sunlight Foundation’s Daniel Schuman, agree that it is difficult to measure the performance of E-Gov programs using regular metrics. However, they disagree on what this should mean for E-Gov funding levels, which are slated to be cut drastically. (Federal Computer Week)

State and Local

The San Bernardino County, CA Board of Supervisors has approved a measure to limit donations to local campaigns. (Lobby Comply)

The National Association of Government Webmasters has singled out three municipal websites for their high level of achievement in web design and development. (govfresh)